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Media Stereotypes?

Lithium381

Lithium381

Lifer
I was wondering, what stereotypes have you guys seen recently by american media? like how things are portrayed etc? is it like this around the world? and yes, examples would be nice! 😀
 
The big stereotype is that if you disagree with the ruling political party then you're automatically "antiamerican".. That's a big one... People are going ape-sh1t about a silly little joke in little nemo.. it's sickening..
 
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Originally posted by: glen
What joke in Nemo?
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The line about humans taking what they want - "they must be americans"... I thought it was cute but a lot of people are finding that line offensive
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care to repeat it for me? what was the setup? i haven't seen that movie yet...
 
The little fishies were talking about the divers in a boat and how humans like to go out and take what doesn't belong to them.. Then one of them quipped "they must be american" or something.. I forget..

Originally posted by: Lithium381
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Originally posted by: glen
What joke in Nemo?
Click to expand...

The line about humans taking what they want - "they must be americans"... I thought it was cute but a lot of people are finding that line offensive
Click to expand...

care to repeat it for me? what was the setup? i haven't seen that movie yet...
Click to expand...

 
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

The line about humans taking what they want - "they must be americans"... I thought it was cute but a lot of people are finding that line offensive
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Of course, the line is spoken from the perspective of Australian characters. If anything, it's a stereotype that all Australians refer to Americans as "Yanks".

Not that I'm guessing any Americans were particularly annoyed by the portrayal of a filth-eating shrimp as an effeminate Frenchman.
 
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